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From Sound News. Our Troubled Newspapers.

Nice post from the University of Washington Environmental Journalism Class students.

Couple of interesting points in their post. “A (recent) study by the PEW Research Center for People & the Press estimates that readership of printed newspapers has declined from 58% in the early 1990’s to 34% in 2008. Meanwhile, regular online readership has increased from nearly nothing to 37%.” Granted 58% of a big number is a lot more than 37% of a small number, but it’s still a heartening trend.

There was a long article in the Seattle Times today that said in part (paraphrased) that the parent company of the PI (Hearst) has “deep pockets” and appears to be willing to give the on-line only model “time to succeed”. I was also excited to learn that the suspension of the JOA opens the doors to “new partnerships” with existing Hearst properties.

At the end of the day, in this country anyway (with the exception of NPR and PBS) news gathering has to be a business that can support itself. I hope the “green” economies the PI has, perhaps reluctantly, acheived, can translate into “green” at the bottom line.